often

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What grows back afterward is often shrubland, not forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s often surprising how few people — including not only investors but also Wall Street salesmen — actually seem to understand stock prices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

This is very often a mistake, so I put it to Ms. de Graaf: How sincere is Mr. Putin about any of this?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In “Renoir,” Fuki’s flights of fancy are as naturalistic as her everyday life — a sharp reminder that, for children, imagination and reality are often indistinguishable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

We had letters, of course, but not that often.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo